Monthly Archives: February 2014

Fr Dwight Longenecker investigates the Anglican bishop friend of Pope Francis’ who brought the Holy Father’s message to the gathering of charismatic Protestants. Fr. Longenecker writes: First of all we have to ask who “Bishop” Tony Palmer is. He is … Continue reading →

  Damian Thompson posted this and comments: Here’s Pope Francis talking passionately to charismatic evangelical Protestants – and describing Fr Tony Palmer (a semi-independent bishop within the Anglican Communion)  as “my brother bishop”. Is that a rule book I can hear being … Continue reading →

From Sandro Magister at Repubblica, a report on things Pope Francis recently said about liturgy at one of his daily Masses: “When I speak of the liturgy I am mainly referring to the holy Mass. The Mass is not a … Continue reading →

Rorate-Caeli has posted this account of what Pope Francis said to a Czech Archbishop about the Traditional Latin Mass:   Yesterday (Friday, Feb. 14), Pope Francis held an audience with the Bishops of the Czech Republic who came to Rome for their ad … Continue reading →

From B C Catholic: The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began with a joyous occasion for the Archdiocese of Vancouver. In the presence of 100 parishioners and his fellow converts to Catholicism, Michael Shier was ordained a deacon Jan. … Continue reading →

Here’s an except of Sandro Magister’s latest piece on the upcoming Consistory: On Thursday the 20th and Friday the 21st of February there will be a meeting at the Vatican of all the cardinals, including the new ones who will … Continue reading →

An interesting column.  Here’s an excerpt:   Before I read Hussey, I knew that French anti-Semitism, nurtured by Dreyfus and Vichy, was alive and well: it still flavours French traditionalist Catholicism and the Front National. I also knew that attacks … Continue reading →

At Fr Ray Blake’s blog, a most interesting piece about what happened to a large family when they tried taking their children to a Traditional Latin Mass: Well their new discovery, after a short period of Sunday Mass lapsation, was … Continue reading →

David B. Goldman, aka “Spengler” has a most interesting piece on how Israel is becoming more religious.  He always has unusual but well-supported takes on world affairs: This is a crucial, counterintuitive story: Israel is swimming against the secular current, … Continue reading →

Heh heh heh.  Enjoy this piece by Damon Linker over at The Week that examines “9 Ridiculous Claims Rolling Stone’s Cover Story on Pope Francis.” It’s 6:30 a.m. and you’re scanning headlines in the morning paper. Your eyes fasten on … Continue reading →